Wine lovers pay great attention to the taste of the wine when drinking, which means that everyone likes the taste of wine. There are many types of liquor in China, and there are many flavors of liquor, and the taste of the liquor that everyone likes is also very different. In daily drinking, everyone can also reflect the quality of the wine through the taste of the wine.
Life is about mixed flavors, and wine is also divided into five flavors. is sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty. So, understanding the five flavors of liquor is still very helpful for wine tasting. Next, let’s take a look at what the five flavors of liquor have?
"Somatic" of white wine
The acid of white wine is mainly organic acids, and is the most important taste agent of white wine; it has an inhibitory and masking effect on the aroma of white wine.
(1) Acid can eliminate the bitterness of wine
(2) Acid is the catalyst for the old and mature new wine
Sour wine brings people a more mellow and sweeter taste.
"sweet" of white wine
The sweet substance with hydroxyl balls
The alcoholic substances in white wine play a role in fragrance and taste in white wine.
mainly shows a soft and stimulating feeling, sweet and mellow feeling.
"bitter"
There is bitterness in white wine because the wine contains phenolic compound and aldehyde compounds. Many wine lovers think that lemon has bitterness, which means inferior wine. This statement is inaccurate. If you use non-fresh and moldy grains to make wine, a large amount of bitter substances will be produced during fermentation. Such wine is what we call inferior wine.
White wine has a bitter taste, which is normal. The bitterness in white wine is instantaneous, slightly bitter but not astringent, rather than a long-term, continuous bitterness.
"spicy flavor" of white wine
What makes the wine produce spicy taste is: aldehyde substances, aldehyde substances are the ultimate cause of the spicy feeling of white wine, that is, acetaldehyde . The higher the aldehyde content in white wine, the more obvious the spicy flavor of white wine will be, and the same quality will appear worse.
The spicy taste of white wine is not a taste, but a pain that stimulates the nasal cavity and oral mucosa. The spicy taste of new wine is mainly aldehydes.
"salty" of white wine
The salty taste in white wine is produced by combining ester fermentation with ethanol. It is similar to acid-base neutralization reaction. The organic chemical esterification reaction has different acid-base neutralization reactions of inorganic chemistry . It requires the combined action of catalysts during fermentation and enzyme preparation . This ester has a similar structure to inorganic salts.
The appropriate saltiness in white wine can make the flavor of the liquor complete and enhance the sweetness.
Through understanding the five flavors of white wine, it can better help wine lovers distinguish the style and taste of the wine. What other wine tasting tips do you have? Welcome to share them in the comment area~
